Day: June 16, 2011

That if you are looking for something amazing to do Friday evening, you need to come to Alma McLaughlin’s Grand Re-Opening at 75 Rocky Neck?  Alma pulls out all the stops when it comes to parties (expect shrimp cocktail, beef tenderloin tips with hollandaise sauce, baked stuffed mushrooms, chicken with peanut sauce, wine and more), and you won’t find a more happening place to be than down here on Rocky Neck by Madfish Wharf.  Her shop is filled to the gills with art and all sorts of old/new things to view and rummage through.  And look for Alma out and about painting this summer around Rocky Neck.

Alma’s Arts and Antiques
featuring fine art by Alma McLaughlin and other local artists as well as shabby chic antiques
75 Rocky Neck Ave
Season Grand Re-opening
Friday, June 17
6:30 – 8:30pm
 
Alma will offering children’s art classes starting soon –
for more information please call
978-888-5034
978-515-7322

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

That yesterday was National Lobster Day?  Who knew, and if I had, I would have posted this yesterday after I took these shots.  Also, did you know that Joey C., creator and driving force behind Good Morning Gloucester, is a lobster broker (seller of lobsters)?  I’ve realized in my daily discussions with people about Good Morning Gloucester, that many people do not know this fact.  He doesn’t talk about it on the blog because he doesn’t want people to think he is using the blog for his own personal gain.  I however am a contributor to the blog, whose mission is to let people know about things they may not know.  If you are a lover of this prehistoric crustacean, boiled with plenty of drawn butter, baked or stuffed, with linguine, Newberg, Thermidor, bisque, on a roll or in a salad, Captain Joe & Sons, 95 East Main Street, Gloucester is the place to get your lobster (its where all the finest restaurants get their’s), and say hey to Joey.  To me, lobster is quintessential New England summer fare – a summer without lobster is like a summer without sunshine. 

Also, did you know that the American lobster did not achieve popularity until the mid-19th century, when New Yorkers and Bostonians developed a taste for it?  Prior to this time, lobster was considered a mark of poverty or as a food for indentured servants or lower members of society in Maine, Massachusetts and the Canadian Maritimes, and servants specified in employment agreements that they would not eat lobster more than twice per week. American lobster was initially deemed worthy only of being used as fertilizer or fish bait, and it was not until well into the twentieth century that it was viewed as more than a low-priced canned staple food.  How far you’ve come dear, delectable lobster!

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

That this right of way to the harbor was dedicated to the citizens of Rocky Neck by Zachariah Stevens in 1832?  Zachariah Stevens, (1763-1846), enlisted at fifteen and served as a private and a seaman. He was born at Andover and died at Gloucester, where he was a pensioner.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

North Shore Arts Association presents Solo Exhibitions by Featured Artists, Barbara Barclay, June 12 through June 26 and Ray Crane, June 12 through June 26 in the Gordon Grant Room; and Members Exhibition II is on display now through June 25. The Charles Movalli painting being raffled off to raise money for Know Breast Cancer is currently on display.

Classic maritime artist Ray Crane has been an artist for over 30 years and is a graduate of the Boston Museum School and a member of the American Society of Marine Artists.

Barbara Barclay studied at Montserrat College of Art, the Manchester Institute of Art and has studied with Laura Stover, R.S. Jackson and Cory Staid.

Charles Movalli generously donated a painting for the Know Breast Cancer raffle, a fundraising effort to help provide breast cancer awareness education to women of Essex County. The painting is on display at NSAA’s gallery through June 25^th. Tickets are $25 and can be purchase by cash or check at the gallery.

North Shore Arts Association has a thriving artist membership of over 350 contemporary artists recognized nationally and worldwide. They come not only from Cape Ann, but throughout North America. NSAA’s historic old building, located at 11 Pirates Lane in Gloucester, provides the opportunity to view the largest collection of paintings and sculpture on Cape Ann.

North Shore Arts Association is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sundays from Noon to 5:00 pm. The gallery extends its evening hours on Fridays, June through August, until 8:00 pm. In addition to exhibitions, NSAA also offers demonstrations, workshops, lectures, critiques, an art auction and more. Please call 978-283-1857 or visit www.nsarts.org for more information.

Van Gogh “Tilt shifted”

What’s this got to do with Gloucester and Cape Ann?

Nuttin’!

I just think it’s COOL!

To see more cool Tilt Shifted Van Gogh painting Photos click link below

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/van-goghs-paintings-get